Coupling-Degree-Based Heuristic Prioritized Planning Method for UAV Swarm Path Generation

Hui Li, Teng Long, Guangtong Xu, Yangjie Wang

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Abstract

This paper presents the coupling-degree-based heuristic prioritized planning method (CDH-PP) to improve the efficiency and robustness of swarm path planning. The proposed method decouples the swarm path generation problem into a series of single-UAV path planning problems. And the couplingdegree-based priority heuristic generation criterion is tailored to determine the planning order of UAV swarms. The swarm coupling degree matrix is established to determine the coupling relations among UAV swarms based on the collision-detection algorithm. Anytime repairing sparse A∗algorithm (AR-SAS) is adopted to plan path for single-UAV considering obstacles and inter-UAV collisions. Simulation results show the proposed CDH-PP method can generate collision-free paths for UAV swarms. And the comparative studies with the random prioritized planning and distance-based heuristic prioritized planning method demonstrate higher computational efficiency and robustness of CDH-PP.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2019 Chinese Automation Congress, CAC 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages3636-3641
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728140940
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2019
Event2019 Chinese Automation Congress, CAC 2019 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: 22 Nov 201924 Nov 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2019 Chinese Automation Congress, CAC 2019

Conference

Conference2019 Chinese Automation Congress, CAC 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period22/11/1924/11/19

Keywords

  • Coupling-degree
  • UAV swarms.
  • algorithm
  • anytime repairing sparse A
  • cooperative path planning
  • prioritized planning

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